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This section of Torque News provides the latest auto news and updates from the car manufacturers. Every day number of news stories and editorials are published here that give our readers an overview of what is happening in the automotive industry. Read this section daily to find out about new cars, vehicle reviews and car pictures. Torque News is an automotive news website by Hareyan Publishing, LLC, dedicated to covering the latest news, reviews and opinions about the car industry.

BMW Financial Services has a new program called the College Graduation Program. Its agenda is to target college graduates and young professionals with expanded college graduate degrees under their belts in an attempt to help them afford leases or auto loans for purchasing new BMWs.

Audi has long been a dominating force in the world of Le Mans racing and their new LMP (Le Mans Prototype) competitor – the Audi R18 TDI – will take to Road Atlanta in an attempt to bring the German automaker their tenth win in the Petit Le Mans race event on October 1st.

Subaru and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have issued a recall of select Subaru Legacy and Outback models over a concern that the wiper motor could overheat – causing the wipers to stop working suddenly and in the worst case scenario this could also start a fire.

Among trends in the leasing industry reported by LeaseTrader.com are that short-term leasing "remains strong," lease buyouts for Toyota and Lexus automobiles are easing and the Chevrolet Volt is gaining lease customers.

Maybach has models such as the Daimler, that seem to sit in a class of its own, and the brand offers car enthusiasts an exceptional and atypical vehicle of high quality and uniqueness – and a steep price ticket to boot. Well, Maybach is adding to their collection with the exciting new Edition 125! vehicle which they showed off at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The 2011 Frankfort Motor Show was a grand success in revealing some of the best new up and coming small cars of the future. Ford was right there to share its forthcoming ideas, including the Focus ST and the Evos.

With its signed agreement with General Motors (NYSE: GM), it is clear that General Electric (NYSE: GE) has officially joined the auto stock sector with its contribution to the charging infrastructure of the EVS in China.

The city of Chicago has ordered 80 natural gas-powered vans and trucks from Advantage Chevrolet in Hodgkins, Ill. The contract awarded by the city asks Advantage to supply one of America's largest urban centers with up to 40 compressed natural gas-powered Chevrolet Express vans and up to 40 CNG-powered Chevy Silverado pickup trucks.

Rally America Inc., the Golden Valley, Minn., sanctioning and Rally promotion organization in the United States, was purchased today by Bill Fogg, a Vermont entrepreneur with a marketing background who wants to bring the sport to a worldwide audience in 2012.

One of the largest stressors that owners of electric vehicles have is probably the fear of running out of power and not having a place nearby to recharge their cars. AAA is coming out with North America’s first mobile charging roadside-assistance trucks to help reduce this stress.

The 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show had the best of the best in show of most every brand, model and make of automobiles out there. What became clear to many is that most Americans and Canadians could only afford the European brand cars, which excludes them from most of the exotics that were featured at the show in Germany.

General Motors plans to raise the bar for the muscle car industry when they introduce the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 early next year but before these new high performance Camaros hit the streets, GM hopes to drive more interest in the 580 horsepower ZL1 via a handful of short commercials highlighting the car’s capabilities.

People who go to the auto show in Orange County, Calif., through the end of this weekend will be able to test drive dozens of 2012 cars, trucks and vans -- everything from the new Volkswagen Beetle to the Fiat 500 and Chevrolet Sonic.

When the Chrysler Group had their gala grand opening at the new Motor Village dealership in Los Angeles last year, their vision for the next generation of five-brand Chrysler dealerships became a reality but due to a handful of angry local dealers backed by California law, Chrysler will sell the Motor Village to Hollywood-based New Century Automotive Group.

Leading up to the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Subaru teased us with the news that the Subaru BRZ Prologue (shown in the gallery on the right) would be coming to the German show but while that car turned out to be more of a display of the drivetrain, when the 2011 LA Auto Show opens we will get our first look at the Subaru BRZ – body and all.

The Discovery Channel is introducing an exciting new program called Velocity for car enthusiasts. Get ready because in late 2011, this diverse and original new series will be sharing exciting and great information and specials with all who share love and passion for automobiles.

Lately, with the new installation of cameras within traffic lights to help deter drivers from running red lights, scammers are taking advantage of weary drivers and committing identity theft in the process. The word on the street is to be careful of traffic light scams.

Mercedes-Benz is taking its extraordinary Concept A-CLASS model on tour for the world to see. The breathtaking vehicle has already been to a major motor show on two different continents and is now on its way to show its presence in the United Kingdom.

Does it make sense that the leading automotive technology company in the world should cave in to the demands of a country? Well, General Motors (NYSE: GM) did when it agreed to revealing its electrical technology secrets to China just before GM China hosted the "Driving Technology to Tomorrow" event.

Madison Snow, at just 15-years-old, drove his Porsche 911 GT3 Cup over the finish line to victory, and won the 2011 International Motor Sports Association GT3 Cup Challenge at the series’ stop at Laguna Seca this year. Snow doesn’t even have a driver’s license yet; however, he does have more talent than many race car drivers double his age.

The 2012 Toyota Venza, which was introduced today and whose television ads began airing today, comes with fewer options than the option-fat 2011 models. Here's a breakdown of what extras made the cut for 2012:

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has simplified the Venza for 2012, offering the cute as a button car in LE, XLE and Limited models instead of complicating things with an army of option packages. The 2011 Venza, whose MSRP starts at $27,125 and is still available in some Toyota showrooms, offers one trim level that can be equipped with options galore and is such a good value it was named to the current NADAguides "recommended buy" list today.

So much for a quick settlement: Contract negotiations between the UAW and Chrysler Group LLC have been extended to Oct. 19, both sides of the talks said this evening. Last week's extension of the 2007 contract expired today. Just as quickly as the UAW was announcing today's extension with Chrysler, it issued a short statement saying Ford Motor Co. would move ahead of Chrysler and be up next in the negotiation rotation.

The UAW-General Motors contract has most of the rank and file optimistic about the state of GM, but their jubilance is tempered by the official shutdown of a factory in Shreveport, La. Closing Shreveport Operations for good was the "saddest part" of negotiations, UAW negotiator Joe Ashton told reporters today.